Attachment for waistbands



July 31, 1951 moco c 2,562,386

ATTACHMENT FOR WAISTBANDS Filed March 10, 1947 INVENTOR. H0251. 6E MoCaRMIz-K Patented July 31, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,562,386 ATTACHMENT FOR WAISTBANDS Hazel G. McCormick, Palo Alto, Calif.

Application March 10, 1947, Serial No. 733,527

1 Claim. (01. k302i) This invention relates to an attachment for a waistband of a garment and has for one of its objects the provision of an attachment adapted to be detachably secured to the waist band of a lower outer garment, such as a skirt, trousers, slacks, etc., to prevent the garment from twisting around on the body and from pulling down in the back, and to prevent waists, blouses, shirts, etc. from pulling out of the gar= ment at the back during the normal bodily activities of the wearer.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an attachment adapted to accomplish the above mentioned results, and which attachment is easily attached and detached from the garment without altering the garment and without injury thereto, and which attachment is .flat so as to not create any protuberances or the like when in use.

One of the most common faults in skirts, slacks, and the like, even when fitted to the most exacting degree, is their tendency to pull down in the back during the normal bodily activities of the wearer. This is noticeable irrespective of the type of figure, although it is greater where the wearer has a relatively small waist and wide hips. In the latter instance, the purchase of ready made skirts for young girls usually requires alterations that are quite expensive if done by the seller and that are more extensive than the purchaser wishes to undertake, even if the purchaser has the ability to make the alterations. The actual degree of shortening of the waist band in the case of girls of the type mentioned above may be very slight, but the work involved is relatively great.

The present invention overcomes the tendency of the perfectly fitted skirt or slacks to twist on the body and to pull down in the back, and it also makes unnecessary the alterations in imperfectly fitted waistbands, which alterations have heretofore been deemed absolutely necessary in order to prevent the pulling down of the skirt and the twisting of the same on the body.

-Other objects and advantages will appear in the description and in the drawings.

In the drawings, Fig. l is an elevational view of the attachment of this invention as seen from the side that is adjacent the body of the wearer when the same is in use.

Fig. 2 shows the reverse side of the attachment that is shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view indicating the attachment in a skirt on the rear side of the waistband.

Fig. 4 is a greatly enlarged sectional view taken along line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of. he elastic strip only taken along line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken alon line 66 of Fig. 1.

In detail, the attachment comprises a strip l of elastic material that is threaded at its or posite ends through pairs of parallel slots 2, 3 respectively formed in fiat elements 4 and over a fiat web 5 of'the material of said element that between said slots, the said slots extendin transversely of the length of strip I.

The material of each element 6 that is struck out to form slots 2, 3 is preferably retained along the edges of web 5 projecting from the inner side of the element and forming flanges 6 (Fig. 6) that define the sides of a short wide channel the length of web 5,. Each of the end portions of strip I extends over said flanges and into said channel, and ears 1 on element 4 at the ends of web 5 may be bent toward each other (Fig. 2) and into the channel thus tightly clamping the end portion 8 (Fig. 6) of the elastic strip in said channel. The flange 6 that is along the outer slot 3 of each pair, and over which the elastic strip extends, very effectively cooperates with ears 1 in snubbing the elastic strip against any tendency to pull from the member 4.

Each element 4 projects from the end of strip I in a direction longitudinally thereof, and pointed hooks [0 are stamped from the projecting end of each strip. Said hooks are offset to the side of the element that is to be against the waistband and are substantially parallel with the body of element 4, except at their extreme outer ends so as not to extend through the waistband but to readily engage the inner layer with the points at all times pointing generally in a direction parallel with the plane of element 4. The extreme ends may point slightly away from the element 4 as seen in Fig. 6.

Between the ends of strip I and at a point ochtrally between said ends is a flat clip ll having a pair of parallel slots 12 formed therein extending transversely of strip I and through which said strip is threaded. A pointed hook 13 (Fig. 2) extends from one of the edges of said clip and over the central portion of the latter in a direction transversely of strip I. This hook or pin I3 is adapted to extend into the waistband in the center of the back to secure the strip to said band at said central point in the rear side of the waistband.

In operation, assuming the garment in which the attachment is to be used is a skirt I (Fig. 3) the first step is to secure the hook or pin l3 on element to waistband IS on the inner rear side of the latter at a point centrally of said rear side. The hooks ID on elements 4 are then hooked to the waistband at points on the band equidistant from the element H but at points slightly farther than the distance between element H and elements 4, whereby there will be a slight slack portion I! on the waistband between each element 4 and element II when the strip l is taut but not stretched.

When the garment is on the wearer, if the waistband is so fitted to be snug about the waist, it will be seen that the strip I will be stretched to a greater degree than where there might normally be a slight slackness in the waistband. Under any circumstance, the strip I will be stretched, and the degree of stretch is such as to maintain the waistband outwardly of opposite ends of the strip l snugly about the waist of the wearer even though the normal body movements of the wearer would otherwise tend at times to reduce the snugness of the fit sufficiently to en= able the waist band to be pulled down in the back or slip around the body of the wearer.

It has been found that where a woven elastic strip is used, a fairly rough friction surface on the side that is adjacent the body of the wearer is highly desirable, or the same result can be obtained by coating the side of the strip that faces the body of the wearer with a friction surface coating 20 (Fig. 5). This makes the elastic tend to cling to blouses, waists, etc. that may have a silk-like or smooth antifriction surface. A p1astic material or latex or other elastic material producing a friction surface that is not sticky nor impervious to the action of moisture and nonstaining as to fabrics, can be used to produce the friction surface.

The outer end ill of each element 4 is prefer ably slightly bent outwardly toward the side that 4 faces the body of the wearer to facilitate hooking each element to the waistband.

It is to be understood that the invention as herein disclosed is not to be restricted to the detailed description'and drawings. They are merely examples of a preferred form.

I claim:

An attachment adapted 'to be secured to the inner side of the waistband of a garment comprising a strip of elastic material of a length sufficient to extend longitudinally of said waistband along a substantial distance of the rear portion of the latter, a flat clasp at each of the opposite ends of said strip substantially coplanar therewith and formed with prongs projecting from one side for detachably securing the ends of said strip to the inner side only of said waistband at any point transversely and longitudinally of the latter, a flat element provided with slots through which said strip is adapted to be threaded for adjustably carrying said element at a point intermediate the ends of said strip, a hook adapted to pierce the fabric of said waistband and carried by said element for detachably securing said strip to the inner side only of said waistband at said point, said strip and all elements and parts carried thereby being adapted to be wholly concealed by said waistband when the garment is on the wearer.

HAZEL G. MCCORMICK.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Ginnel Dec. 23, 1941 

